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Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battle it out with dance, music in Tampa

Mayumana's 'Currents' comes to Tampa for one show only at the Straz Center.

By Cathy Salustri on Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:03 am

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Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battle it out with dance, music in Tampa

via the Straz Center

Tesla v. Edison? That's a throwdown we can get behind. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's legendary duel for supremacy in electricity, aka the War of Currency, served as muse for Mayumana: Currents, a high-energy mixed-media stage show. The Jerusalem Festival of Lights commissioned the show in 2012, which mixes custom instruments, video, and 11 performers in pretty much perpetual motion.

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Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving tours that was featured in The New York Times. Cathy speaks about Florida history for the Osher Lifelong Learning...

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